The Blood and the Raven: A Tale of Vampires, #2

By John Hennessy

The Blood and the Raven: A Tale of Vampires Book 2

 

A group of teenagers spend a night amongst the ruins of an old priory, taking turns to scare one other with a tale of horror, each one more scary than the last.

When it comes to Seth, the last storyteller, he is reluctant to tell the story, because once the tale has been told, those who hear it, will begin to die.

His friends think Seth is bluffing - but is he in fact, telling the truth?

To find out, you must dare to read the tale of The Blood and The Raven.

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About A Tale of Vampires Series:
A seven book chronicle of the lives of a group of vampires, each book in the series explores their unique gift, and their take on the living, the dead, and the undead.

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Love the Tale of Vampires books? Complete the series!!

Recommended reading order

Prequel : Dawn of the New Breed
I: Murderous Little Darlings (a novella you can grab today)
II: The Blood and the Raven (Specials for subscribers on my VIP Readers Group)
III: Innocent While She Sleeps
IV: Dream the Crow's Black Dream
V: Reunion of the Blood
VI: Our Hearts Go to their Graves (new for 2020)
VII: The Final Tale of Vampires Story (release date TBA)

The Blood and the Raven could be considered a gothic type / dark fantasy horror. When you're finished reading this go straight to Innocent While She Sleeps.

Find out what happens to characters from Murderous Little Darlings in this vampire thriller.
If you are a fan of fast-paced, action-packed vampire stories that combine horror and murder with dramatic twists and turns, then 'The Blood and the Raven' is for you.

Critics say Book 2 in the Tale of Vampires Series sees the author 'bringing back the true Vampire to fiction.' In it, John Hennessy delivers another solid and intricately plotted vampire thriller.

The Blood and the Raven - A Tale of Vampires Book 2: Focussed for 90-Minute Teen & Young Adult Short Reads

Dark, scary, and thrilling, The Blood and the Raven will leave readers wanting for more as the intricate plot evolves with each book in the series.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Hennessy
• Release date: Jan 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781524215187

John Hennessy

Born in 1988, John Hennessy became entranced by the world of fantasy and sci-fi at a young age, playing video games and reading books for many long nights/early mornings. He started writing his debut novel Life Descending during his junior year of High School in 2005. He wanted to write something different for fantasy readers, something without any stock copy/paste characters, supreme evil lords, who you never see and who are just evil because they are evil. A story without class-defined skills, mana potions, and the usual D&D adventure group out on the same old quest. He wanted to write a new story that gets away from the stale fantasies with farmer boys, blacksmith apprentices, and peasants who turn world heroes. Oh yeah, and he really wanted to get away from stories with prophecies and 'chosen ones.'After he graduated from Western Washington University in 2011, he hired Sara Stamey, the editing/publishing professor at Western, edit Life Descending (The Cry of Havoc, Book 1), finally releasing his debut after six years of crafting, learning, rewriting, and absorbing caffeine as fuel so he could stay awake at the keyboard. Life Descending has since been praised by reviewers, even earning a finalist spot in ForeWord Magazine's 2011 Book of the Year Awards. Darkness Devouring (The Cry of Havoc, Book 2) has since been released in late 2012.In 2012 he released At the End (The Road to Extinction, Book 1) as a self-published book. Having spent all his cash on Life Descending (sadly without return), the book went unedited by a professional editor. Despite this major flaw, At the End was well received by most. In February 2013, Permuted Press approached him with an offer to re-release At the End and publish the rest of the trilogy. A second edition of At the End (fully edited!) is forthcoming 2013.John now lives in the Rose Lands of Portland, Oregon, with his wife Katherine, their furry feline Phoebe, and their two budgies Lola and Pablo. He is now at work finishing The Road to Extinction Trilogy. Visit his website at: http://www.johnhennessy.net

Book preview

The Blood and the Raven:

A Tale of Vampires Book II

A Tale of Vampires is a series of seven official stories; a chronicle about a group of vampires.

II: The Blood and the Raven

A sinister inn is not all it is supposed to be, but any attempts to avoid prove fruitless as the vampire's web closes in.

Is the story true, or just a legend? What will happen to those who don't believe?

A group of teenagers spend a night amongst the ruins of an old priory, taking turns to scare one other with a tale of horror, each one more scary than the last.

When it comes to Seth, the last storyteller, he is reluctant to tell the story, because once the tale has been told, those who hear it, will begin to die.

His friends think Seth is bluffing - but is he in fact, telling the truth?

To find out, you must dare to read the tale of The Blood and The Raven.

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The vampire classic reborn, from English born author John Hennessy.

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Love the Tale of Vampires books? Complete the series!!

Recommended reading order

Prequel: Dawn of the New Breed

I: Murderous Little Darlings (a FREE novella)

II: The Blood and the Raven (FREE to subscribers on my VIP Readers Group)

III: Innocent While She Sleeps

IV: Dream the Crow's Black Dream

V: Reunion of the Blood

VI: Our Hearts Go to Their Graves (new for 2020)

A Spin-Off: Murderous Little Christmas Darlings (release date TBA in 2020)

VII: The Final Tale of Vampires Story (release date and title TBA) 

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John Hennessy

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Copyright

Copyright © 2014 John Hennessy

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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems – except in the case of brief quotations in articles or reviews – without the permission in writing from its publisher, John Hennessy.

All brand names and product names used in this book are trademarks, registered trademarks, or trade names of their respective holders. The author is not associated with any product or vendor in this book.

First published in the United Kingdom in 2014.

Text copyright © John Hennessy 2014

The right of John Hennessy to be identified as the author of this work is asserted by him.

ISBN-10: 1505823668

ISBN-13: 978-1505823660

A CIP Catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

All rights reserved.

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade of otherwise, be lent, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the author, John Hennessy.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Table of Contents

Contents

The Blood and the Raven:

A Tale of Vampires Book II

Copyright

Table of Contents

Inspiration for

The Blood and the Raven

Five Candles

The Blood and the Raven

Night Terrors

A New Way of Living

Daughters of the Devil

Candle Flickers

Author Reflections

If you liked

‘The Blood and the Raven’ make sure you complete

The Tale of Vampires Series

Forthcoming Releases

By the same Author

Forthcoming Releases

Free Books and

Invite to Join a Special Readers’ Group

Finally...

Inspiration for

The Blood and the Raven

T

he first vampire story I ever read was Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Like most children attending school, reading the classics was a major part of the school curriculum. But I actually enjoyed this book, I became more curious about the subject, and looked up other books in the genre.

Upon finding